But this situation could only mean one thing And she knew better than anyone who it was that had stopped her attack
So she knew better than anyone that her partner Micha had sided with Lilith
It seems your sister Riselle Baran was telling the truth said Schwarze while readying her claws
That girl never could lie said Lavriel while drawing her sword
The other Witches also prepared for battle Battle against Micha
FeTUS had received a communique during summer break Riselle had given them some information in exchange for Shuntarou’s safety She told them that a few percentage points of FeTUS’s data had leaked to the Kurosaki Family An internal traitor had seemed unlikely Riselle’s information being false had seemed more likely than that But the information leak she described had begun just before summer break That perfectly coincided with the destruction of the sanctuary inside FeTUS headquarters That had forced them to share their information with the angels and Mutsuki so they had begun to suspect that one of the angels had a connection to the Kurosaki Family Ange had trusted Machina’s request for cooperation and had even shown off her secret technique of Metatron so it had seemed unlikely she was the informant But suspicions only continued to grow that it was Micha or some angel she was in contact with That was the primary reason Schwarze had relied on Shuntarou during the attack on the cultural festival
Due to the lack of hard evidence they had only had suspicions before but now there was no doubting that Micha was connected to Kurosaki and Lilith
Michawhy
Only Ange had trouble believing it even with the truth displayed so clearly before her
Whatever her thoughts of this partner who had never at all doubted her Micha smiled a little
How did you like the human world Ange Fun wasn’t it I bet your time with Mutsuki was so much fun that life in heaven seems downright boring in comparison
She spread her arms
This is the same
Three golden arrows were launched at once
At the same time the red flames surrounding Micha and Lilith swirled around and twisted vertically
The air current produced a whirlwind that easily redirected the arrows into the sky
The 13 members of Dante were clearly shocked
And FeTUS Witches Misses B C and D leaped over their heads At the same time Alice and Machina sent out golden threads
But those strings snapped with the sound of melting steel
Black Cat was known as FeTUS’s fastest but her claws sliced through empty air and clashed with Ren’s sword
They briefly lost sight of Micha but she soon reappeared standing atop the crossed claws and sword The two attackers’ eyes widened just before they were kicked away
Miss D threw a punch with a muscular arm that stretched and swelled to 3m long but Micha blocked it with a single arm
She blocked the five human Witches’ strongest attacks with speed surpassing their greatest
Her high heel caught Miss D on the jaw and she staggered back
Michaa
That was when Ange attacked
She launched herself forward with Metatron’s flames erupting from her back and made a slash with her giant sword
There was no intent to kill here but she did not hold back It was partially due to the blood rushing to her head but she also trusted Micha to be able to escape
That blade contained enough power to bisect her if she tried to block it Ange’s intent was to get Micha to dodge so she could slice through Lilith behind her
But the blood really had rushed to her head
The FeTUS Witches had spent centuries working out methods of opposing angels Even Ange the strongest modern angel had been caught off guard back in April
Micha had once been the strongest but she was past her prime She should have been no match for those Witches yet she had treated them and Dante like mere children Ange should have considered why that was She should have noticed something was odd about Micha’s strength
No way
She only realized her mistake once Micha caught her sword in a single hand
You’re an incredible kid Ange I never expected someone to control Metatron at your age
Kh Gh
Her sword would not budge
But that should not have been surprising when her charge had been stopped with pure arm strength That should have told her that Micha’s arm was stronger than her entire body
Michano
Ange was the last to realize something was off but she was also the first to realize why
Is this how strong you were in your prime
I thought I wasn’t so young anymore but that’s Adam for you I guess
She laughed and looked over at Lilith and Mutsuki who had almost entirely fused into something like a golden cocoon
When a woman worked to protect Adam they could draw out 100% of their power
Ange had experienced it twice herself
Michael had once been the strongest angel in heaven’s history but had she ever actually drawn out all of her power
This explained why her power was on another level entirely from Ange who was only the strongest in the modern age
And you know what this means don’t you Adam is taking my side Mutsuki wants this He wants to become one with Lilith
Don’t be ridiculous Micha What about your duty to protect Mutsuki
I am protecting him I am protecting his decision as Adam
Micha raised her left hand with a smile
She actually raised it before Miss A threw the knife She easily caught the knife between her fingers and tossed it to the ground
Alice and Machina stared in shock
She had blocked Alice’s surprise attack and then used the knife to slice through the golden thread Machina had been secretly sending her way through the ground
She had more than strength and speed She had even predicted the actions of Alice Arc who used her human knowledge to create a supposedly unbeatable foresight
Micha did not seem to care as she cheerfully viewed the glowing cocoon
Mutsuki wants to become ‘perfect’ This world is too cruel a place for an adolescent boy Because it forces you to throw out everything you want in order to become an adult Although
Her smile contained the hint of innocence that it always did
I will admit this was a fairly convenient turn of events for me
Adolescent Adam 8 Chapter 9 - Changing World
When the golden cocoon split open and that floated to the ground the people there had difficulty defining what it was
Mutsuki
Lucia called it Mutsuki
That had indeed been the boy named Fujita Mutsuki a moment before
Princess Lilith
Raphael called it Lilith That too was correct
However the lifeform that set foot on the ground resembled neither of them
It was a manly and fit young man There was some slight resemblance to Mutsuki in the face but this man was masculine and mature with no boyishness
Avalon Micha called him
He did not respond because he did not think of himself as Avalon
But what she said must have reached Mutsuki since she was right next to him That young man was Avalon He was the ancestor of the modern human race
And he was the man Lilith idealized
What is that
Before making a decision about him Ange first focused on the change to the ground
She had burned down the golf course earlier using enough heat to melt the layers of dirt
But as soon as he landed life returned to the dirt and it was dyed faintly red
The redness spread out in a circle around the young man and once it reached the unburnt grass it exploded with life A green carpet spread back toward the center to cover the ground below his feet Plants and life automatically welcomed him
Ange did not know what this was but she could tell this was the birth of something she had never before seen
Nevertheless she preserved her fighting spirit as a combat angel
Micha had lowered her defenses as she wept and ran toward him